Royal Governor of Chile

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The Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district known as the Reino de Chile. This district was also called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the Royal Governor also held the title of a Captain General. There were 66 such governors or captains during the Spanish conquest and the later periods of Spanish-centered colonialism.

[edit] Governors of the Reino de Chile

Appointed by Charles I:

Pedro de Valdivia: (August 1540 - December 1547); (20 July 1549 - 25 December 1553)
Francisco de Villagra Velásquez: (December 1547 - July 1549); (December 1553 - February 1555); (May 1556 - April 1557).
Rodrigo de Quiroga López de Ulloa: (December 1553 - February 1555)
Francisco de Aguirre de Meneses: (December 1553 - February 1555)

Appointed by Phillip II:

García Hurtado de Mendoza, Marquis of Cañete: (April 1557 - February 1561)
Francisco de Villagra Velásquez: (February 1561 - June 1563)
Pedro de Villagra y Martínez: (June 1563 - June 1565)
Rodrigo de Quiroga López de Ulloa: (June 1565 - August 1567); (January 1575 - February 1580)

The Real Audiencia governed between August 1567 and August 1568

Melchor Bravo de Saravia Sotomayor: (August 1568 - January 1575)
Martín Ruiz de Gamboa de Berriz: (February 1580 - July 1583)
Alonso de Sotomayor y Valmediano: (September 1583 - July 1592)

Appointed by Philip III:

Pedro de Viscarra de la Barrera: (July 1592 - October 1592); (December 1598 - May 1599)
Martín García Óñez de Loyola: (October 1592 - December 1598)
Francisco de Quiñónez: (May 1599 - July 1600)
Alonso García de Ramón: (July 1600 - February 1601); (March 1605 - September 1607)
Alonso de Ribera de Pareja: (February 1601 - March 1605); (March 1612 - March 1617)
Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta: (September 1607 - January 1611)
Juan Jaraquemada: (January 1611 - March 1612)
Fernando Talaverano Gallegos: (March 1617 - January 1618)
Lope de Ulloa y Lemos: (January 1618 - December 1620)
Cristóbal de la Cerda y SotoMayor: (December 1620 - November 1621)

Appointed by Philip IV:

Pedro Osores de Ulloa: (November 1621 - September 1624)
Francisco de Alava y Nureña: (September 1624 - May 1625)
Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce: (May 1625 - December 1629)
Francisco Laso de la Vega: (December 1629 - May 1639)
Francisco López de Zúñiga, Marquis of Baides: (May 1639 - May 1646)
Martín de Mujica y Buitrón: (May 1646 - April 1649)
Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba: (April 1649 - May 1650)
Francisco Antonio de Acuña Cabrera y Bayona: (May 1650 - January 1656)
Pedro Porter Cesanete: (January 1656 - February 1662)
Diego González Montero Justiniano: (February 1662 - May 1662)
Ángel de Peredo: (May 1662 - January 1664)
Francisco de Meneses Brito: (January 1664 - 1667)

Appointed by Charles II:

Diego Dávila Coello, Marquis of Navamorquende: (1667 - February 1670)
Diego González Montero Justiniano: (February 1670 - October 1670)
Juan Henríquez de Villalobos: (October 1670 - April 1682)
Marcos José de Garro Senei de Artola: (April 1682 - January 1692)
Tomás Marín González de Poveda, Marquis of Cañada Hermosa: (January 1692 - December 1700)

Appointed by Phillip V:

Francisco Ibáñez de Segovia y Peralta: (December 1700 - February 1709)
Juan Andrés de Ustariz de Vertizberea: (February 1709 - December 1716)
José de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra: (December 1716 - December 1717)
Gabriel Cano de Aponte: (17 December 1717 - 11 November 1733)
Francisco de Sánchez de la Barreda: (November 1733 - May 1734)
Manuel Silvestre de Salamanca Cano: (May 1734 - November 1737)
José Antonio Manso de Velasco, Count of Superunda: (November 1737 - June 1744)
Francisco José de Ovando, Marquis of Ovando: (June 1745 - March 1746)

Appointed by Ferdinand VI:

Domingo Ortiz de Rosas, Marquis of Poblaciones: (March 1746 - December 1755)
Manuel de Amat y Juniet: (December 1755 - September 1761)

Appointed by Charles III:

Félix de Berroeta: (September 1761 - October 1762)
Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga: (October 1762 - August 1768)
Juan de Balmaseda y Censano Beltrán: (August 1768 - March 1770)
Francisco Javier de Morales: (March 1770 - March 1772)
Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa: (March 1772 - July 1780)
Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz: (July 1780 - December 1780); (April 1787 - May 1788)
Ambrosio de Benavides: (December 1780 - April 1787)

Appointed by Charles IV:

Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno: (May 1788 - May 1796)
José de Rezabal y Ugarte: (May 1796 - September 1796)
Gabriel de Avilés y del Fierro, marqués de Avilés: (September 18, 1796 - January 21, 1799)
Joaquín del Pino Sánchez de Rojas: (January 1799 - April 1801)
José de Santiago Concha Jiménez Lobatón: (April 1801 - December 1801)
Francisco Tadeo Diez de Medina Vidanges: (December 1801 - January 1802)
Luis Muñoz de Guzmán: (January 1802 - February 1808)